Best Colleges for Women's Basketball Recruiting 2026

166 colleges with Women's Basketball programs, ranked by program strength using 2025-26 NCAA performance data.

Top Women's Basketball Programs

1. 1. University of Connecticut — Storrs, CT (score 99)
2. 2. University of California-Los Angeles — Los Angeles, CA (score 97)
3. 3. University of South Carolina-Columbia — Columbia, SC (score 95)
4. 4. The University of Texas at Austin — Austin, TX (score 94)
5. 5. Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College — Baton Rouge, LA (score 92)
6. 6. University of Michigan-Ann Arbor — Ann Arbor, MI (score 91)
7. 7. Vanderbilt University — Nashville, TN (score 89)
8. 8. University of Minnesota-Twin Cities — Minneapolis, MN (score 87)
9. 9. Duke University — Durham, NC (score 86)
10. 10. Texas Christian University — Fort Worth, TX (score 85)
11. 11. University of Iowa — Iowa City, IA (score 84)
12. 12. University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus — Norman, OK (score 83)
13. 13. University of Maryland-College Park — College Park, MD (score 82)
14. 14. Michigan State University — East Lansing, MI (score 81)
15. 15. University of Kentucky — Lexington, KY (score 80)
16. 16. Ohio State University-Main Campus — Columbus, OH (score 79)
17. 17. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill — Chapel Hill, NC (score 78)
18. 18. University of Mississippi — University, MS (score 77)
19. 19. The University of Tennessee-Knoxville — Knoxville, TN (score 76)
20. 20. University of Southern California — Los Angeles, CA (score 75)
21. 21. West Virginia University — Morgantown, WV (score 74)
22. 22. University of Oregon — Eugene, OR (score 73)
23. 23. North Carolina State University at Raleigh — Raleigh, NC (score 72)
24. 24. University of Notre Dame — Notre Dame, IN (score 71)
25. 25. Cornell College — Mount Vernon, IA (score 70)
26. 26. Baylor University — Waco, TX (score 69)
27. 27. University of Nebraska-Lincoln — Lincoln, NE (score 68)
28. 28. University of Washington-Seattle Campus — Seattle, WA (score 67)
29. 29. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign — Champaign, IL (score 66)
30. 30. Iowa State University — Ames, IA (score 65)
31. 31. University of Georgia — Athens, GA (score 64)
32. 32. Mississippi State University — Mississippi State, MS (score 63)
33. 33. University of Virginia-Main Campus — Charlottesville, VA (score 62)
34. 34. Villanova University — Villanova, PA (score 61)
35. 35. Syracuse University — Syracuse, NY (score 60)
36. 36. University of Richmond — University of Richmond, VA (score 59)
37. 37. Clemson University — Clemson, SC (score 58)
38. 38. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University — Blacksburg, VA (score 57)
39. 39. University of Rhode Island — Kingston, RI (score 56)
40. 40. Stanford University — Stanford, CA (score 55)
41. 41. University of Colorado Boulder — Boulder, CO (score 54)
42. 42. Princeton University — Princeton, NJ (score 53)
43. 43. Arizona State University Campus Immersion — Tempe, AZ (score 52)
44. 44. James Madison University — Harrisonburg, VA (score 51)
45. 45. University of Kansas — Lawrence, KS (score 50)
46. 46. University of Florida — Gainesville, FL (score 49)
47. 47. University of Utah — Salt Lake City, UT (score 48)
48. 48. Seton Hall University — South Orange, NJ (score 47)
49. 49. University of California-Berkeley — Berkeley, CA (score 46)
50. 50. University of Miami — Coral Gables, FL (score 45)

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